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11125854

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-26
pubmed:abstractText
1. Seizure threshold is an important variable in modern ECT treatment planning. To date, age, gender, and electrode placement have been used to predict seizure threshold, but the potential impact of ethnicity has received little attention. 2. In a retrospective pilot study of patients who received ECT, 20 pairs of first admission, right unilateral-treated, age- and sex-matched black and white patients were compared. 3. Black patients had higher seizure thresholds and were more likely to require restimulation, despite the finding that they were more likely to have been receiving concomitant medications which lower seizure threshold. However, ethnicity was confounded with variations in ECT dose titration, which were the strongest predictor of seizure threshold. 4. There were no differences in seizure length. Further study is necessary to confirm the impact of ethnicity on seizure threshold.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0278-5846
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1289-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Ethnicity and seizure threshold.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7160, USA. kdawkins@css.unc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article